Project SHIELD

It looks like NVIDIA is trying to further tempt those who have been considering picking up a SHIELD game system. For Black Friday, or more specifically, for the Black Friday weekend, NVIDIA has lowered the price and is also including a few extras. And just to clarify the weekend timeframe, the Black Friday SHIELD offer will come to a close at 11:59 PST on December 2nd, 2013.

Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge has arrived in the Google Play Store. This is a real-time strategy game, though, the first thing many will likely notice is the price tag, $9.99. But before you write that off as an overpriced game designed for smartphones and tablets, there is more involved here. To begin with, Zombie Tycoon 2 is a release available only for the NVIDIA SHIELD.

Android desperately wants to encroach on your living room TV, but how that’s going to be accomplished is not yet known. With Chromecast, supporting apps like Netflix can stream content from your Android device. Rumors of Android TV have yet to pan out. Miracast is lost in the shuffle, seemingly defeated by the advent of Google’s $35 dongle. Then there is Android gaming, a sector that has just started taking shape, and is seeing rapid expansion.

NVIDIA has announced and detailed the latest software update for the SHIELD. This one will be rolling out over-the-air and it will be arriving with several new features and lots more in terms of functionality. Just to begin with, this update will bump your handheld console to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. But there will also be Console Mode, a Gamepad Mapper and more.

As Project Shield became a reality, we became enamored. While the handheld stakes it’s place amongst the new crop of Android gaming consoles, there could be a follow-up sooner than you’d think. NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang spoke with Engadget after the announcement, and tipped his hat on a few things in the works.

NVIDIA has been showing off GameStream at an event today and part of that includes something called Game Console Mode. While we offered a bit of detail on the setup earlier in the day, we now have some video, which should offer a much better look at how this all works. Anyway, this video offers a look at a setup using Steam, a PC, the SHIELD, a Bluetooth controller and a television.

The NVIDIA GameStream has been officially unveiled this morning. This announcement is coming out of the NVIDIA Montreal event and GameStream basically means users will be able to stream gameplay out to a variety of other devices. Basically, this expands the PC game streaming of the SHIELD and uses other technology to include GeForce GTX graphics cards and the NVIDIA GRID.

Mad Catz, having released pricing and availability info for their upcoming MOJO gaming console, has a bit more to offer. While the Android gaming console will debut this December, and run $249.99, users will also have the ability to stream PC games to their TV through the set-top box.

We all know NVIDIA's SHIELD game-console that is powered by Android will allow you to enjoy tons of Android games like never before on mobile. Racing Asphalt 8, or shooting and causing explosive mayhem in Grand Theft Auto. Today though, NVIDIA brings us a completely different set of explosions with their own version of an teardown video.

The NVIDIA SHIELD Andoid-powered game console is getting its second software update since launching late last month and reaching store shelves. The 5-inch Tegra 4 rocking gamepad is being updated by NVIDIA to software update 59 with new features such as moving entire games to the micro-SD, more Miracast streaming support and plenty of new games.